Huh, riktigt skumt att se ditt namn dyka upp här! Var tvungen att kolla din kanal för att det var så bekant men kunde inte placera det. Jag spelade skiten ur GGC när det begav sig. Fina minnen! Hoppas du sätter din kickflip, jag är i samma situation. Satte en heelflip en gång för typ 7 år sedan men har aldrig riktigt varit nära kickflip.
Its taken me 2 months of consistent practice and after 2 months I've landed my first kickflip at the age of 33. If I can do it, you guys can. Thanks Jonny. The feeling when I landed was amazing, I owe you for this!
1. 1:50 basic practice 2. 2:20 Foot positioning 3. 6:00 The "i cant get my body on my board" issue 4. 7:35 The "shoulder issue" 5. 7:50 Jonnys Lifehack 6. 8:30 Motivation spech :)
Ya!! I landed my first kickflip at the age of 28 in 20 Jan 2023 before my next month birthday!! I have been practice this since July 2022. But I discovered that I had slightly left knee MCL torn, so I take a break for a month and small surgery,then go back to keep practicing my kickflip. It's so high when I got my first kickflip in entire whole life! I could never forget the feeling!! Especially I started to learn at 24 years old.. I couldn't imagine that I landed first kickflip before the age of 30! It's happy to see you guys share your first kickflip which encourage so many skater to keep practice, which including me. Yessss , Never give up, keep practice consistently and you can land too! Love From Hong Kong
I skated about 17 years ago now I’m almost 40 and I’m getting back at it brought a brand new setup and landed a Kickflip standing still not moving yet gotta lose some weight but I’m not giving it up this time your video is really helpful
@@rijkvanniekerk2857 who cares what his channel is called you flop at least his name isn't a bunch of random letters put together. To op hope is going well mate just got a new board after 20+ years kickflips tomorrow let's go
Durch diesen Mann hab ich mit 29 mein Board nach 13 Jahren vom Dachboden geholt. Danke dafür Jonny! Ich hatte echt vergessen wie viel Spaß skaten noch macht. Geht alle raus, schnappt euch ein Board und skatet :) Jonny, du bist echt ein super Typ und Skater!
yo jonny! found your channel at the beginning of covid quarantine and since then have had the itch to get back on a skateboard (last time i skated was 2007) Just want to say thank you so much for bringing the enjoyment of skating back into my life. You're a good person, man. your love for skating is contagious and so are your videos. so you've at least inspired one reckless idiot to get back on a board, and I couldn't be happier. Thanks again man!
same here)) last time been skating about 10 years ago, but this season I was riding all the time I had :) and I cannot even express the way I felt after I landed my first proper kickflip... my life will not be the same ever again :) thanks Jonny for your inspiration and everything you do for skateboarding))
Same as you, haven't skated since 2007. Bought a skateboard recently and I'm learning everything again, and Jonny's videos are helping me a lot. Something seems wrong with my ollies though, I can do it but I think I'm putting too much pressure on my back foot, my left thigh hurts after a few tries and the pain lasts for like two or three days. Not sure if it's the lack of exercising, when it happens I completely lose strenght to pop any tricks.
Same... I skated in the 90's last time.. Still got my old school board... Large wheels and wide.. Maybe not the easiest base for kick flips... Will try anyhow in my next holidays... Just need new griptape... Lol
You got the same birthday as me my guy, got a skateboard for my birthday and have been obsessed with it. It’s crazy how much skating can change your life. Congrats on learning your kickflip, I’m about to go out and try it.
@@michaela6056 happy birthday late and thank you very much, I have a tip for you, don't take it hard on yourself, you will evolve over time. I took 2 years to learn my first kickflip, I was wondering why I can't learn it, and I realized that a company makes a lot of difference, I skate alone since I started, so the second tip is this, look skating with a friend, even if they don't skate with you, but a company makes a lot of difference. I'm just a 15 year old boy who lives in Brazil, with the dream of one day going to live in the United States or Canada, and I know that one day I'll get it, the third tip and this one, believe in your dreams.
JM3 Finger e Skate thanks for the tips dude, and yeah I’m trying to convince one of my friends to get a skateboard so that we can go skate together :) Happy skating!
JM3 Finger e Skate I don’t I’m sorry :( I would love to talk but my parents say that I can’t talk to anyone online, I’m very sorry but I wish you all the best in wherever skating takes you :)
Here's the TRUE tutorial on how to kickflip: release X to ollie then immediately hit left + square. Timing needs to be perfect. You're welcome. #THPS1and2
THIS is the best tutorial on how to kickflip. I’ve practice kickflip for over a month or 2. And after watching this tutorial I landed my kickflip on the second day. PS I landed it on a trashy deck
I would like to get from barely landing this trick, to actually catching it mid air like you. I’m afraid to do it, but I think I know how to practise. Every time I try it over a little obstacle, like a stick or a plank, I’m forced to do a higher kickflip, but I’m too scared to commit in catching it high and land it. Any tips?
The rail trick? The one in the video. Just hold onto something. And you won’t be afraid to catch it. Get used to catching it and landing on the board and then try it on flat ground until you get it. If you don’t, just go back to the rail trick and practice over and over again. If you are still afraid to commit. There are no actual tips to make you commit. The only thing is to 100% commit and don’t think about falling or anything bad.
Practice makes perfect! I had trouble with my kick flips the first time I started learning them it took me 4 months to fully understand the timing and how to make my kick flip higher. Make sure you practice them as much as you can.
Fear behind landing a trick is totally normal. In my eyes, there’s no real shortcut to beating it. You gotta face the demon and risk the chance of falling. The more you fall and get back up, the more resilience you build to being knocked down. It’s like an armor upgrade after every fall. I guess my tip would be to build your armor up to the point where the thought of fear is completely absent. Also, don’t face demons that are much higher lvl than you. You’ll just get knocked down harder. In other words, don’t go Olliieng down a 5 stair set when you’re just learning to Ollie sort of thing. Ask yourself whether you’re ready for this fight at all times. With enough practice and will power you’ll be able to face any demons that stands in your path.
ClubLulu yo chill with the demons😂. Just practice it’ll eventually click in your head. Also you don’t really have to deal with the fear factor most of time as long as you’re comfortable on your board. And make sure you got ollies down and know how to time them once you get it down then start practicing your kick flips.
My man Johnny has one of the best kick flips in the business. It’s easy to see why he’s so good when you watch how fluid and smooth his kick flips are. Perfect execution.
Hey Jonny, I'm 41 and landed my first kickflip today thanks in no small part to your tutorial. I stopped skating at around 16 and started again a few months ago after watching you and a few others. Thanks for all you are doing and good luck at The Berrics
Hi Jonny, with the help of your tutorial, I finally landed my first kickflip today - decent air-time, full flip, both feet on the bolts, without any diagonal board rotation. Thank you a thousand times, it's a pleasure to witness you perfect your craft and share it with others. Keep on going. Greetings from Leeds, UK :)
Duuuuuuude! Can't wait to try these new tips! I land 360 Flips more often than Kickflips! It bugs me so bad, haha. I'm quite certain I was not aligning my shoulder and flicking the board right! Thanks for the best tutorial on the trick yet!
So glad I found you , getting back into skating after years of not skating because of a nasty break but you make me feel confident to get back into it and man am I excited to get back on a board
Just came here to say that I've been watching this over and over and yesterday I finally landed my first kickflip after 15 years. I forgot it completely and had to re-learn it, this video helped me so much. Thank you sir.
On this day (June 21, 7:00 pm) I landed my first kickflip! Thank you so much for helping me with all my tricks, encouraging me to skate, and for making skateboarding fun! 🖤🖤🖤
I love ur tuts Johnny please do more and I'm 32 and gettin old I've watched 300 kick flip videos and urs is literally the only one that has the angle of u flicking ur foot from behind to show the flick at the right angle thanks i know I got it now
I did it! I landed my first kickflip today! I don’t know how, I don’t know why. But that’s why I don’t give up, that’s why i know I can do anything with enough practise! Thank you, this video was a big help.
I'm 34 and back on a board for the first time in 15 years. Feels great and landed my first kickflip today. Never could land them clean back in the day. Thanks for the video
I am Japanese and I found you from Shimon's RUclips. I really like your skating style and the how to's were very easy to understand! I will watch this and practice kickflips! 🛹
Wow! Im 38 and I watch you for 2 years...i buyed my first deck today since '89 and you're kickflip' tutorial' is so good! I'm also an gym, basketbal and tennisteacher and I was listening to you the whole clip without a sound! So cool! Thank you J. Giger!
Giger: "and if you have your ollies like this... it's just about time." Also Giger: *Ollies to orbit and back* Me thinking: "Ain't nobody has their ollies like that other than you!"
Thanks Jonny. Recently picked skating back up and realized why as a kid I always ended up doing close to an impossible when attempting to kickflip. Much better control now so much easier.
I’ve been skating for 3 years now and have always struggled with the kick flip. I’ve made it my goal this summer to finally land it, no matter how long it takes. Don’t give up, get up and go skate. Thank you Jonny, this video will be my guide
Early 30's. Back skating and struggling to kick flip reliably. Some days I land 2 in a row. Other days I land none. 😁 I need a vid like this to get my head back into it.
@@b0ne91 I'm 27 skating for first time ever. Since covid. I can now Olly while moving about 3 inches high. About 6 inch standing still. Can't kickflip at all tho can't even flip the board. It feels like my hips aren't meant for it. I feel like I'm kicking sideways and behind myself, very awkward.
@@slitheryfoxes1006 just try different things try everything different you’ll get it, there is no set rules for skating try different foot placement try flicking out different try popping differently try everything until you figure out what’s comfortable for you or even just try getting a better Ollie first and try simplistic tricks like shuv it or 180
I learned how to kickflip in 2 days after watching your video! Thanks so much man. The trick for me was first practicing on a more safe ground like the grass which built my confidence and then I moved up a level and tried the streets. Super fun trick if your willing to take a couple falls and break into a sweat, but it’s all worth it in the end..
Dear Jonny, I started to skate just little before the corona and you are my teacher! I enjoy so much to see your videos and even more to try them by my self and because of you i land my first kick flip so thank you vary much!!
Thank you Johnny! Bought a board 2 months ago just to learn this trick and today I finally landed not one but 3 in one sesh! You da man! Gonna keep skating for life now. Best feeling in the world!
This is THE BEST kickflip tutorial I have seen! Only started skating a couple months ago, and I have been struggling so hard. I swear I've run into at least half of the speed bumps you laid out, but the way you break down what's going wrong makes it so much easier for me to eliminate them!! Love your channel. Thanks for the great tips!!
Thank you for finally making a kickflip tutorial that addresses my issue on getting my feet back on the board! Used to skate when i was 14 (im 24 now) and still have my ollies on lock and can get the board flipping pretty good but can never get my back foot on the board by the time it lands. I will practice (and practice and practice) with this new knowledge and hopefully be able to land my first one thanks to you. Very well explained tutorial, and i like that you take your shoes off to show foot positioning. You earned a sub my friend, much thanks.
@Jonny Giger I just got back into Skateboarding after almost 12 years of not doing tricks and I gotta say I appreciate your approach on how you explain the methodology of the trick and mentioning the variety of options for foot placement,method of learning how to land, and showing what can go wrong with landing and how to fix it. I think this is the secret sauce in your methodology and I hope you continue to mention what can go wrong as much as technique. Thanks for bringing a different angle to skateboarding and showing people you can have fun on flat ground and that the possibilities go beyond a kick flip,shuv-it, tre-flip and beyond!
I finally landed my first kickflip today. On and off skating casually for 9 years and decided to commit to learning to kickflip as like a bucket list thing and this video was by far the most helpful out of all the ones I watched over the years
@@adamg59 you're 100% correct. there is really no right way to ollie and nobody can teach you how to ollie. you just gotta practice till you find your way to the trick. of course, there are some guidelines but everybody knows those at this point (front foot sliding up etc.)
Thank you for the videos 📹... they have helped me get through the quarantine since march... you helped me realize I need to get out and skateboard, and after 15 years(I am now 30) I learned how to drop into vert and now am teaching the kids to do it... with all the craze and hate in the world today I realize there is none at the skatepark, just love for skateboarding and friendship... the world needs to get out and skate... all 3 of my sons want to skateboard 🛹 now plus my niece so thanks for getting me out and skateboarding again...
I've been trying this trick for almost 8 months, landing with only one foot for the last 7 months and 20 days. I am actually starting to get the hang of it thanks Jonny.
Jonny, thank you. I'm an oldie at 39 having started skating last year when I turned 38. Since then I've just been getting super comfortable on the board, and can now skate basic transition, shut it, ollie and a few other bits but the kick flip and heel flip are probably my next targets, and the way you ended this video got me so stoked to skate and get on with this and make it happen. I know the battle well, I skate about 3/4 times a week, but you've fired me up to start trying. Shame it's dark right now in Japan! Thank you.
I landed my first kickflip a little while ago and it's such a great feeling, but I am rarely able to land one these days mainly because of the lack of trying them each sesh and the only reason I don't want to try them is because I don't want to waste my shoe on failed attempts and it is such a bad mindset to have 😒. It's very different trying to skate when you are the one paying for all your stuff and really don't want to waste it so quick
thats a sad feeling, try to get a skate only shoes, buy some hot glue, ShoeeGoo, silicon etc... and repair that shoes until you cant no more, I bought a $25 shoes, and $5 shoegoo, and i just fill everything and try to make them last longer. Damaging your shoes are part of skateboarding. If you dont have money for nothing, use some really old shoes that you dont use, if you can´t, find a way to get some shoes that you can damage, and buy some $0.25 silicon, melt it and repair your shoes.
@@JuanDavid-zr7cv Thanks for the tips, ill be sure to use them in future, always looking for ways to try and save money whilst still trying to do the things I love most
Dude, thx, this was the last video I watched before I could Kickflip, and it was TODAY. Really thank you. It´s been 10 years since the last time I skated. A month ago, during quarentine, my friends and I started again, this time I learnd how to do this trick thanks to you and other youtubers. Greetings from Argentina!
Been afraid to even try this but this video inspires me. One tip I've found in the first few minutes of practicing from tail position 4:09. Prop your back wheels on something higher than the tail. Something like a thick book or wood plank. This allows you to practice your flicks with the board in a more vertical position.
Every day i spend about 1 hour to practice my kickflips, and i get about 5 - 10 kickflips landed, with a lot of sweat. but 3-4 days of practice ends with Rolled Ankle. Now it was my 4th time i back to it and again on 4rth day i rolled it again and it push me back. that's why i hate this trick so much.
@@ponymoustache43 Try to land on the ground after your skateboard does. that mean's you have enought airtime to catch the board. After that do like Jonny said, land it with your back foot, and with your front foot. And you almost good to go.
how advanced are your ollies? how high can you ollie and do you land bolts on your ollies? to me landing with uncomfortably close feet usually happens with new tricks when i land them first times, mostly because I barely land them. like there's no time for me feet to move back to a comfortable and stable shoulder apart position because the trick is "done" before I am ready. when you get more comfortable with a trick and you're doing them higher your feet get more time to get back into place. practicing to deliberately pull your legs apart after the flip might help, in order to stay safe best land with one foot only on the first tries
As a 47 year old the one realistic New Years Resolution that I made with myself for 2023 was, nailing kickflips. My pal's resolution at the same party was nailing bboy flares. I've skated from age 10 until about 23. My friends and I were out there skating all the time, but I never mastered kickflips. Looking back I realized why. First of all, I was kicking down in the middle of my deck rather then forward across the nose. My biggest flaw was, as pointed out in this tutorial, letting my shoulders and body sway open, not stating in line with the direction I was headed in. Watching this I know I'm gonna start landong kickflips like nothing else.
This dude seems like one of the chillest humans in the world, I wish these vids existed when I was a teenager exerting blood sweat and tiers dawn to dusk all summer trying to learn these tricks. I'm 28 now and deciding to get back into it and see what I can do these days, got my ollies and shuvits back down now hoping these tips can help me finally conquer the kickflip!
Jonny I have tried so many tutorials to try and figure this out but the way you explained it makes the most sense to me, I can't wait to go out tomorrow and get some more practice in, I'll definitely try the putting the front foot on no matter what. You shred and I hope to one day even be 1/10th as good as you
Day 2 of practicing kickflip and I already got the rotation and flick down. Now I just have to land it.. Thank u so much Johnny. U are my inspiration 💓
Everytime u hype up ur hack, I was expecting to be disappointed but they're genuinely brilliant ideas man. Especially holding a bar while practicing ! Thanks man
Been trying to kickflip for 3 years on and off, never understood how to do it properly or get close. When I watched your video, I went out and practiced and landed my first kickflip 3 days later. Thank you !!!
Great video Jonny. A friend and I are just starting up again, haven't skated in lile 12 years. When I was younger I wasn't too good on flip tricks, mostly grinding and posing. But I watched your video: how to perfect kickflip. We have now been out skating 3-4 times, just a coupple hours each time, and now I do kickflip almost every time. So greetings from Norway, keep doing these awesome videos, we really enjoy them👍
Well, since this video was posted on my birthday the kickflip gods are clearly cheering me on for this one. And if not, at least you are 😂 so super supportive as always haha thanks for these tutorials!
Legend!! I'm just getting back into skating after 7-10 years off as a 40 year old. Back when I first learnt to kickflip there were no tutorials (no internets!!) and it was a matter of overhearing dudes who could pick stuff up really quickly by watching pro's explain to others how the mechanics of the body played out. It took me 2 years to land a single kickflip!!!! by then i could land double kickflips, shove-its, reverse 180 flips and 360 flips but couldnt pull off a single kickflip so i stuck to what i found easy to learn. I'm gunna follow your tutorial bro- until i get it down. All makes sense now hahahah!!!! Cheers man!!
This actually gave me some new ideas on techniques / ways to practice kickflips. I've been struggling for a while, but now I feel motivated again! Thanks!
I've watched probably 10 other in-depth kickflip tutorial videos, but since this one is from you Jonny, this time I'm gonna make it.
Huh, riktigt skumt att se ditt namn dyka upp här! Var tvungen att kolla din kanal för att det var så bekant men kunde inte placera det. Jag spelade skiten ur GGC när det begav sig. Fina minnen!
Hoppas du sätter din kickflip, jag är i samma situation. Satte en heelflip en gång för typ 7 år sedan men har aldrig riktigt varit nära kickflip.
leeets gooo! 🙏🏼💥💪🏼
@@mangocurry Haha, nice! GGC är ju fortf ett av våra bästa spel måste jag säga
Joel Nyström yo I watched so many tutorials and still couldn’t land it, but once I actually just spent time trying it I got it
Did you land it?
Its taken me 2 months of consistent practice and after 2 months I've landed my first kickflip at the age of 33. If I can do it, you guys can. Thanks Jonny. The feeling when I landed was amazing, I owe you for this!
fuck yea man took me about two months too
Aww you rock bro God Bless You
Good job bro 👍
Bruh I learned to kickflip in 2 weeks
Bruh I’m 31 & been tryna kickflip my whole life 🤦🏾♂️ hopefully this helps I’m at the beginning of the video 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
1. 1:50 basic practice
2. 2:20 Foot positioning
3. 6:00 The "i cant get my body on my board" issue
4. 7:35 The "shoulder issue"
5. 7:50 Jonnys Lifehack
6. 8:30 Motivation spech
:)
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You deserve a award
THANK YOUUUUUUUU THIS HELPS SOOO MUCH
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Ya!! I landed my first kickflip at the age of 28 in 20 Jan 2023 before my next month birthday!! I have been practice this since July 2022. But I discovered that I had slightly left knee MCL torn, so I take a break for a month and small surgery,then go back to keep practicing my kickflip.
It's so high when I got my first kickflip in entire whole life! I could never forget the feeling!! Especially I started to learn at 24 years old.. I couldn't imagine that I landed first kickflip before the age of 30!
It's happy to see you guys share your first kickflip which encourage so many skater to keep practice, which including me.
Yessss , Never give up, keep practice consistently and you can land too!
Love From Hong Kong
I skated about 17 years ago now I’m almost 40 and I’m getting back at it brought a brand new setup and landed a Kickflip standing still not moving yet gotta lose some weight but I’m not giving it up this time your video is really helpful
Your capping no 40 year old’s name is “robnloz gaming” lol
@@rijkvanniekerk2857 you know it could be his old gamer tag right?
@@exanyt from 30 years ago?
@@rijkvanniekerk2857 who cares what his channel is called you flop at least his name isn't a bunch of random letters put together.
To op hope is going well mate just got a new board after 20+ years kickflips tomorrow let's go
Durch diesen Mann hab ich mit 29 mein Board nach 13 Jahren vom Dachboden geholt. Danke dafür Jonny! Ich hatte echt vergessen wie viel Spaß skaten noch macht. Geht alle raus, schnappt euch ein Board und skatet :)
Jonny, du bist echt ein super Typ und Skater!
yo jonny! found your channel at the beginning of covid quarantine and since then have had the itch to get back on a skateboard (last time i skated was 2007)
Just want to say thank you so much for bringing the enjoyment of skating back into my life.
You're a good person, man. your love for skating is contagious and so are your videos.
so you've at least inspired one reckless idiot to get back on a board, and I couldn't be happier. Thanks again man!
Same thing, I was skateboarding 20 years ago, I stopped, but now I will buy a new skateboard. We appreciate your work Jonny! Keep ride on!
same here)) last time been skating about 10 years ago, but this season I was riding all the time I had :) and I cannot even express the way I felt after I landed my first proper kickflip... my life will not be the same ever again :) thanks Jonny for your inspiration and everything you do for skateboarding))
Same as you, haven't skated since 2007. Bought a skateboard recently and I'm learning everything again, and Jonny's videos are helping me a lot. Something seems wrong with my ollies though, I can do it but I think I'm putting too much pressure on my back foot, my left thigh hurts after a few tries and the pain lasts for like two or three days. Not sure if it's the lack of exercising, when it happens I completely lose strenght to pop any tricks.
Same... I skated in the 90's last time.. Still got my old school board... Large wheels and wide.. Maybe not the easiest base for kick flips... Will try anyhow in my next holidays... Just need new griptape... Lol
THIS ACTUALLY HELPED ME LAND MY FIRST GRASS KICKFLIP FOUR DAYS AGO!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Dude Johnny giger you are so cool you are one of my favorite skateboarders and I love ur channel
Same
I learned my first kickflip on Saturday and it was on my birthday, September 5th, I'm very happy
You got the same birthday as me my guy, got a skateboard for my birthday and have been obsessed with it. It’s crazy how much skating can change your life. Congrats on learning your kickflip, I’m about to go out and try it.
@@michaela6056 happy birthday late and thank you very much, I have a tip for you, don't take it hard on yourself, you will evolve over time. I took 2 years to learn my first kickflip, I was wondering why I can't learn it, and I realized that a company makes a lot of difference, I skate alone since I started, so the second tip is this, look skating with a friend, even if they don't skate with you, but a company makes a lot of difference. I'm just a 15 year old boy who lives in Brazil, with the dream of one day going to live in the United States or Canada, and I know that one day I'll get it, the third tip and this one, believe in your dreams.
JM3 Finger e Skate thanks for the tips dude, and yeah I’m trying to convince one of my friends to get a skateboard so that we can go skate together :) Happy skating!
@@michaela6056 I liked talking to you, you seem to be a very nice person, you have Instagram, we could talk there
JM3 Finger e Skate I don’t I’m sorry :( I would love to talk but my parents say that I can’t talk to anyone online, I’m very sorry but I wish you all the best in wherever skating takes you :)
The rail tip is great
I learned to ollie with it and it helps a lot. Can't wait to land my first kickflip
I'm skating for 2 years, i can kickflip 6 stairs, but I can't kickflip holding the rail
Best tutorial with most common issues why some of us still can't land a kickflip and this legend comes with a few simple but handy hacks.
Please Jonny, I NEED one of these but with heelflips
Try holding to a rail with your back facing it, it's super usefull.
Yes Please
yes!
ruclips.net/video/Skl58iiJXqQ/видео.html from the man himself
I can also recommend Neen WIlliams tutorial for those.
Here's the TRUE tutorial on how to kickflip: release X to ollie then immediately hit left + square. Timing needs to be perfect. You're welcome. #THPS1and2
thats good
Lol tony hawk pro skater on the original PlayStation it’s hard to remember I was so young.
Ew PlayStation
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@@asc3nc1on Ew real life /notj 😂😂😂
THIS is the best tutorial on how to kickflip. I’ve practice kickflip for over a month or 2. And after watching this tutorial I landed my kickflip on the second day. PS I landed it on a trashy deck
I would like to get from barely landing this trick, to actually catching it mid air like you. I’m afraid to do it, but I think I know how to practise. Every time I try it over a little obstacle, like a stick or a plank, I’m forced to do a higher kickflip, but I’m too scared to commit in catching it high and land it. Any tips?
The rail trick? The one in the video. Just hold onto something. And you won’t be afraid to catch it. Get used to catching it and landing on the board and then try it on flat ground until you get it. If you don’t, just go back to the rail trick and practice over and over again. If you are still afraid to commit. There are no actual tips to make you commit. The only thing is to 100% commit and don’t think about falling or anything bad.
Just send it
Practice makes perfect! I had trouble with my kick flips the first time I started learning them it took me 4 months to fully understand the timing and how to make my kick flip higher. Make sure you practice them as much as you can.
Fear behind landing a trick is totally normal. In my eyes, there’s no real shortcut to beating it. You gotta face the demon and risk the chance of falling. The more you fall and get back up, the more resilience you build to being knocked down. It’s like an armor upgrade after every fall. I guess my tip would be to build your armor up to the point where the thought of fear is completely absent.
Also, don’t face demons that are much higher lvl than you. You’ll just get knocked down harder. In other words, don’t go Olliieng down a 5 stair set when you’re just learning to Ollie sort of thing. Ask yourself whether you’re ready for this fight at all times.
With enough practice and will power you’ll be able to face any demons that stands in your path.
ClubLulu yo chill with the demons😂. Just practice it’ll eventually click in your head. Also you don’t really have to deal with the fear factor most of time as long as you’re comfortable on your board. And make sure you got ollies down and know how to time them once you get it down then start practicing your kick flips.
My man Johnny has one of the best kick flips in the business. It’s easy to see why he’s so good when you watch how fluid and smooth his kick flips are. Perfect execution.
Hey Jonny, I'm 41 and landed my first kickflip today thanks in no small part to your tutorial. I stopped skating at around 16 and started again a few months ago after watching you and a few others. Thanks for all you are doing and good luck at The Berrics
Hi Jonny, with the help of your tutorial, I finally landed my first kickflip today - decent air-time, full flip, both feet on the bolts, without any diagonal board rotation. Thank you a thousand times, it's a pleasure to witness you perfect your craft and share it with others. Keep on going.
Greetings from Leeds, UK :)
Duuuuuuude! Can't wait to try these new tips! I land 360 Flips more often than Kickflips! It bugs me so bad, haha. I'm quite certain I was not aligning my shoulder and flicking the board right! Thanks for the best tutorial on the trick yet!
Same bro i landed sooo many tre flips compared to kickflip suckss so much man
I’ll take either one honestly 😂
@@dany2490 i feel so bad for u bro😐
@iLoveJackingOn it doesn't, kickflip motion is much harder than the tre flip
@iLoveJackingOn you're my opposite kickflips were so hard for me
The first Ollie explanation part was so nice
So glad I found you , getting back into skating after years of not skating because of a nasty break but you make me feel confident to get back into it and man am I excited to get back on a board
Just came here to say that I've been watching this over and over and yesterday I finally landed my first kickflip after 15 years. I forgot it completely and had to re-learn it, this video helped me so much. Thank you sir.
On this day (June 21, 7:00 pm) I landed my first kickflip! Thank you so much for helping me with all my tricks, encouraging me to skate, and for making skateboarding fun! 🖤🖤🖤
I love ur tuts Johnny please do more and I'm 32 and gettin old I've watched 300 kick flip videos and urs is literally the only one that has the angle of u flicking ur foot from behind to show the flick at the right angle thanks i know I got it now
I did it! I landed my first kickflip today! I don’t know how, I don’t know why. But that’s why I don’t give up, that’s why i know I can do anything with enough practise! Thank you, this video was a big help.
I'm 34 and back on a board for the first time in 15 years. Feels great and landed my first kickflip today. Never could land them clean back in the day. Thanks for the video
I was just out practicing kick flips! Thanks for the tutorial! I’ll dedicate my first kick flip to you!
I've been struggling to perfect this trick for 20 years!! it's so hard, I don't know why. IT IS MY DREAM TRICK, thank you for this video!
I am Japanese and I found you from Shimon's RUclips.
I really like your skating style and the how to's were very easy to understand!
I will watch this and practice kickflips! 🛹
This is the best tutorial kickflip video I’ve watched by far, excellent, you are a master at your craft , do more we appreciate all you do 👍💀
Wow! Im 38 and I watch you for 2 years...i buyed my first deck today since '89 and you're kickflip' tutorial' is so good! I'm also an gym, basketbal and tennisteacher and I was listening to you the whole clip without a sound! So cool! Thank you J. Giger!
6:44
It took me a year to figure this out myself.
When this frickin video was here all along.
Jonny is the best. So wholesome, but with the skill of a modern day Rodney Mullen. You’re truly a gem. Thanks for all the help in improving my skating
Giger: "and if you have your ollies like this... it's just about time."
Also Giger: *Ollies to orbit and back*
Me thinking: "Ain't nobody has their ollies like that other than you!"
*Spencer Barton has entered the chat
Thanks Jonny. Recently picked skating back up and realized why as a kid I always ended up doing close to an impossible when attempting to kickflip. Much better control now so much easier.
honestly it's a great video to learn how to kickflip, thx jonny
I’ve been skating for 3 years now and have always struggled with the kick flip. I’ve made it my goal this summer to finally land it, no matter how long it takes. Don’t give up, get up and go skate. Thank you Jonny, this video will be my guide
Early 30's. Back skating and struggling to kick flip reliably. Some days I land 2 in a row. Other days I land none. 😁 I need a vid like this to get my head back into it.
Awesome. I'm 29 and just got my first board in 13 years. I think corona has many people getting back into it.
@@b0ne91 I'm 27 skating for first time ever. Since covid. I can now Olly while moving about 3 inches high. About 6 inch standing still. Can't kickflip at all tho can't even flip the board. It feels like my hips aren't meant for it. I feel like I'm kicking sideways and behind myself, very awkward.
@@slitheryfoxes1006 just try different things try everything different you’ll get it, there is no set rules for skating try different foot placement try flicking out different try popping differently try everything until you figure out what’s comfortable for you or even just try getting a better Ollie first and try simplistic tricks like shuv it or 180
I learned how to kickflip in 2 days after watching your video! Thanks so much man. The trick for me was first practicing on a more safe ground like the grass which built my confidence and then I moved up a level and tried the streets. Super fun trick if your willing to take a couple falls and break into a sweat, but it’s all worth it in the end..
I was waiting for a Giger Kickflip Tutorial!
Dear Jonny,
I started to skate just little before the corona and you are my teacher!
I enjoy so much to see your videos and even more to try them by my self
and because of you i land my first kick flip so thank you vary much!!
Thank you sm, gonna go try to land a kickflip now
Thank you Johnny! Bought a board 2 months ago just to learn this trick and today I finally landed not one but 3 in one sesh! You da man! Gonna keep skating for life now. Best feeling in the world!
1:03 Thought he said 40, I was like wait how old is Jonny???!?!
Me too!
14 years hes been skating
The main reason I skate is honestly the sound the board makes when you do tricks XD
4:16 " even when you're sitting in school, you're gonna kick your neighbour " 😂 The Bas Rutten of skateboarding
The way you explain how to do tricks is so intuitive. I always look forward to watching your tutorials!
Saved for later, just in case I will EVER start to skate again.
Why did you stop?
start rn.
YOU WILL START NOW
Start now
start now
This is THE BEST kickflip tutorial I have seen! Only started skating a couple months ago, and I have been struggling so hard. I swear I've run into at least half of the speed bumps you laid out, but the way you break down what's going wrong makes it so much easier for me to eliminate them!! Love your channel. Thanks for the great tips!!
nobody cares if youre first just watch the video lol
amen brother
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ClubLulu 😐
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@@ahsiayo6015 wow you’re so cool you’re probably really fun at parties
Thank you for finally making a kickflip tutorial that addresses my issue on getting my feet back on the board! Used to skate when i was 14 (im 24 now) and still have my ollies on lock and can get the board flipping pretty good but can never get my back foot on the board by the time it lands. I will practice (and practice and practice) with this new knowledge and hopefully be able to land my first one thanks to you. Very well explained tutorial, and i like that you take your shoes off to show foot positioning. You earned a sub my friend, much thanks.
Jonny.. i love you, i love your kickflip, i love your board and finaly, i love your videos
Such a big help ty jonny
Try it on grass it really builds up confidence
It doesnt pop as good tho
@@neutrogemax8494 right should you try it on carpet or something
That’s how me and my friends learn tricks. We start off on the grass and then we’re not as nervous once we do it on the road
Try on carpet not grass grass makes it 10x harder to pop and also to kick it
Nose above grass, tail in the street for stable board AND pop.
@Jonny Giger I just got back into Skateboarding after almost 12 years of not doing tricks and I gotta say I appreciate your approach on how you explain the methodology of the trick and mentioning the variety of options for foot placement,method of learning how to land, and showing what can go wrong with landing and how to fix it. I think this is the secret sauce in your methodology and I hope you continue to mention what can go wrong as much as technique.
Thanks for bringing a different angle to skateboarding and showing people you can have fun on flat ground and that the possibilities go beyond a kick flip,shuv-it, tre-flip and beyond!
Me: * knows how to kick flip *
Jonny: how to kick flip
Me: well I guess I didn’t know
Thanks man I’m a 35 year old disabled vet that’s just learning .The slow mo and close up of how shoes should face is helping
Aha, perfect timing!
I finally landed my first kickflip today. On and off skating casually for 9 years and decided to commit to learning to kickflip as like a bucket list thing and this video was by far the most helpful out of all the ones I watched over the years
Still waiting for a Giger HOW TO OLLIE 😄
You dont need that.. just practice practice practice and you will see that progres :) peace 🙋✌️
There is a giger ollie tutorial
@@adamg59 you're 100% correct. there is really no right way to ollie and nobody can teach you how to ollie. you just gotta practice till you find your way to the trick. of course, there are some guidelines but everybody knows those at this point (front foot sliding up etc.)
Things that help me where:
Pop as hard as possible,
Dont just slide your foot up, kick it forwards and go fast
Try to jump with your board and dont just kick your board down :)
Thank you for the videos 📹... they have helped me get through the quarantine since march... you helped me realize I need to get out and skateboard, and after 15 years(I am now 30) I learned how to drop into vert and now am teaching the kids to do it... with all the craze and hate in the world today I realize there is none at the skatepark, just love for skateboarding and friendship... the world needs to get out and skate... all 3 of my sons want to skateboard 🛹 now plus my niece so thanks for getting me out and skateboarding again...
Lol i was just watching a 1000 kick flips video then I get this😂
Probably the best and most comprehensive kickflip tutorial vid on youtube
Any goofy riders out there?✋
This is late but me
I guess sometimes…
I ride goofy but to Ollie and other tricks like that I ride regular
Me
Mongo goofy
I've been trying this trick for almost 8 months, landing with only one foot for the last 7 months and 20 days. I am actually starting to get the hang of it thanks Jonny.
never give up! you got this!
The hardest part for me is committing to kick your foot off the board
Bro fr i cant get the flick at all
You manage to fix it?
Jonny, thank you. I'm an oldie at 39 having started skating last year when I turned 38. Since then I've just been getting super comfortable on the board, and can now skate basic transition, shut it, ollie and a few other bits but the kick flip and heel flip are probably my next targets, and the way you ended this video got me so stoked to skate and get on with this and make it happen. I know the battle well, I skate about 3/4 times a week, but you've fired me up to start trying. Shame it's dark right now in Japan! Thank you.
Why does Jonny Giger remind me of GRU from despicable me?
the voice
I'm 32 and I always wanted to learn kickflips back in high school but now its time to give it a shot, thank you Jonny G, you are #1
I landed my first kickflip a little while ago and it's such a great feeling, but I am rarely able to land one these days mainly because of the lack of trying them each sesh and the only reason I don't want to try them is because I don't want to waste my shoe on failed attempts and it is such a bad mindset to have 😒.
It's very different trying to skate when you are the one paying for all your stuff and really don't want to waste it so quick
thats a sad feeling, try to get a skate only shoes, buy some hot glue, ShoeeGoo, silicon etc... and repair that shoes until you cant no more, I bought a $25 shoes, and $5 shoegoo, and i just fill everything and try to make them last longer. Damaging your shoes are part of skateboarding.
If you dont have money for nothing, use some really old shoes that you dont use, if you can´t, find a way to get some shoes that you can damage, and buy some $0.25 silicon, melt it and repair your shoes.
@@JuanDavid-zr7cv Thanks for the tips, ill be sure to use them in future, always looking for ways to try and save money whilst still trying to do the things I love most
Dude seriously just don’t worry about fucking up your shoes and use some duct tape or something
Genuinely one of the nicest and most helpful guy, I don't get how anyone can dislike ur video, keep it up!!
So if you can ollie over a curb that would be high enough? Great video never seen a tutorial explained better than this.
Dude, thx, this was the last video I watched before I could Kickflip, and it was TODAY. Really thank you. It´s been 10 years since the last time I skated. A month ago, during quarentine, my friends and I started again, this time I learnd how to do this trick thanks to you and other youtubers. Greetings from Argentina!
im really bad at catching my board. I keep going into a double or even a triple kickflip with how hard im kicking.
hey jmak 😸
Been afraid to even try this but this video inspires me. One tip I've found in the first few minutes of practicing from tail position 4:09. Prop your back wheels on something higher than the tail. Something like a thick book or wood plank. This allows you to practice your flicks with the board in a more vertical position.
Every day i spend about 1 hour to practice my kickflips, and i get about 5 - 10 kickflips landed, with a lot of sweat. but 3-4 days of practice ends with Rolled Ankle. Now it was my 4th time i back to it and again on 4rth day i rolled it again and it push me back. that's why i hate this trick so much.
Do you have a tip for landing kind kickflips? Like a mental trick. My mind plays tricks on me and I think I can't land it so I don't
@@ponymoustache43 Try to land on the ground after your skateboard does. that mean's you have enought airtime to catch the board. After that do like Jonny said, land it with your back foot, and with your front foot. And you almost good to go.
Bend the shit out of ur knees so ur more ready for it. It still happens but you can keep from rolling it too bad.
@@ericstrobl6561 thanks for that. I appreciate it
try to half rotate it and land on the graphic side, helps confidence so much
You'll notice really good skaters will bend their knees a lot and always give a good jump everytime
Any tips on the catch I always land with my feet in the middle of the deck instead of bolts?
how advanced are your ollies? how high can you ollie and do you land bolts on your ollies? to me landing with uncomfortably close feet usually happens with new tricks when i land them first times, mostly because I barely land them. like there's no time for me feet to move back to a comfortable and stable shoulder apart position because the trick is "done" before I am ready. when you get more comfortable with a trick and you're doing them higher your feet get more time to get back into place. practicing to deliberately pull your legs apart after the flip might help, in order to stay safe best land with one foot only on the first tries
i just like how humble this guy is
I can kickflip pretty good but how the heck does he get it that high
Kick higher
I've watched a bunch of other kickflip videos, and never had any luck, but you are the true skateboarding master, so I'm sure it'll work 😅
I’ve watched like 10 000 kick flip tutorials, and this is the absolute best one
As a 47 year old the one realistic New Years Resolution that I made with myself for 2023 was, nailing kickflips. My pal's resolution at the same party was nailing bboy flares. I've skated from age 10 until about 23. My friends and I were out there skating all the time, but I never mastered kickflips. Looking back I realized why. First of all, I was kicking down in the middle of my deck rather then forward across the nose. My biggest flaw was, as pointed out in this tutorial, letting my shoulders and body sway open, not stating in line with the direction I was headed in. Watching this I know I'm gonna start landong kickflips like nothing else.
You are unique, relatable and humble. Love what you do. God bless.
This dude seems like one of the chillest humans in the world, I wish these vids existed when I was a teenager exerting blood sweat and tiers dawn to dusk all summer trying to learn these tricks. I'm 28 now and deciding to get back into it and see what I can do these days, got my ollies and shuvits back down now hoping these tips can help me finally conquer the kickflip!
Jonny I have tried so many tutorials to try and figure this out but the way you explained it makes the most sense to me, I can't wait to go out tomorrow and get some more practice in, I'll definitely try the putting the front foot on no matter what. You shred and I hope to one day even be 1/10th as good as you
Day 2 of practicing kickflip and I already got the rotation and flick down. Now I just have to land it.. Thank u so much Johnny. U are my inspiration 💓
I have watched SO MANY kickflip tutorials and only this video helped me pretty much
Everytime u hype up ur hack, I was expecting to be disappointed but they're genuinely brilliant ideas man. Especially holding a bar while practicing ! Thanks man
Your tutorials are really thorough and quite helpful, Jonny. Probably the best I've seen. Thanks.
Been trying to kickflip for 3 years on and off, never understood how to do it properly or get close. When I watched your video, I went out and practiced and landed my first kickflip 3 days later. Thank you !!!
Great video Jonny. A friend and I are just starting up again, haven't skated in lile 12 years. When I was younger I wasn't too good on flip tricks, mostly grinding and posing. But I watched your video: how to perfect kickflip. We have now been out skating 3-4 times, just a coupple hours each time, and now I do kickflip almost every time. So greetings from Norway, keep doing these awesome videos, we really enjoy them👍
You don't know how long I waited for a kickflip tutorial from you Jonny! Really appreciated 👍
Well, since this video was posted on my birthday the kickflip gods are clearly cheering me on for this one. And if not, at least you are 😂 so super supportive as always haha thanks for these tutorials!
You’re videos are always so detailed and aesthetic. Keep shredding!!!
Legend!! I'm just getting back into skating after 7-10 years off as a 40 year old. Back when I first learnt to kickflip there were no tutorials (no internets!!) and it was a matter of overhearing dudes who could pick stuff up really quickly by watching pro's explain to others how the mechanics of the body played out. It took me 2 years to land a single kickflip!!!! by then i could land double kickflips, shove-its, reverse 180 flips and 360 flips but couldnt pull off a single kickflip so i stuck to what i found easy to learn.
I'm gunna follow your tutorial bro- until i get it down. All makes sense now hahahah!!!!
Cheers man!!
0:25 Love that angle for kickflips. And that kickflip was gorgeous.
DUDEEE THIS IS SO CLEAN
This actually gave me some new ideas on techniques / ways to practice kickflips. I've been struggling for a while, but now I feel motivated again! Thanks!